diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.prefers-alias-matches-fuzzy-selection-is-ambiguous.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.prefers-alias-matches-fuzzy-selection-is-ambiguous.test.ts
index ce345bc0a52..9e693891f1d 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.prefers-alias-matches-fuzzy-selection-is-ambiguous.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.prefers-alias-matches-fuzzy-selection-is-ambiguous.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { type ModelAliasIndex, modelKey } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
-import { resolveModelDirectiveSelection } from "./reply/model-selection.js";
+import type { ModelAliasIndex } from "../agents/model-selection-shared.js";
+import { resolveModelDirectiveSelection } from "./reply/model-selection-directive.js";
 
 const emptyAliasIndex: ModelAliasIndex = {
   byAlias: new Map(),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe("directive behavior model fuzzy selection", () => {
           },
         ],
       ]),
-      byKey: new Map([[modelKey("moonshot", "kimi-k2-0905-preview"), ["Kimi"]]]),
+      byKey: new Map([["moonshot/kimi-k2-0905-preview", ["Kimi"]]]),
     };
 
     expect(
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-run-params.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-run-params.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17d74415602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-run-params.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride } from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
+import type { resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile } from "./agent-runner-auth-profile.js";
+import type { FollowupRun } from "./queue.js";
+
+export type ReasoningTagProviderResolver = (
+  provider: string,
+  options: {
+    config: FollowupRun["run"]["config"];
+    workspaceDir: string;
+    modelId: string;
+  },
+) => boolean;
+
+export const resolveEnforceFinalTagWithResolver = (
+  run: FollowupRun["run"],
+  provider: string,
+  model = run.model,
+  isReasoningTagProvider?: ReasoningTagProviderResolver,
+) =>
+  (run.skipProviderRuntimeHints ? false : undefined) ??
+  (run.enforceFinalTag ||
+    isReasoningTagProvider?.(provider, {
+      config: run.config,
+      workspaceDir: run.workspaceDir,
+      modelId: model,
+    }) ||
+    false);
+
+export function resolveModelFallbackOptions(run: FollowupRun["run"]) {
+  const config = run.config;
+  return {
+    cfg: config,
+    provider: run.provider,
+    model: run.model,
+    agentDir: run.agentDir,
+    fallbacksOverride: resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride({
+      cfg: config,
+      agentId: run.agentId,
+      sessionKey: run.sessionKey,
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+export function buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams(params: {
+  run: FollowupRun["run"];
+  provider: string;
+  model: string;
+  runId: string;
+  authProfile: ReturnType<typeof resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile>;
+  allowTransientCooldownProbe?: boolean;
+  isReasoningTagProvider?: ReasoningTagProviderResolver;
+}) {
+  const config = params.run.config;
+  return {
+    sessionFile: params.run.sessionFile,
+    workspaceDir: params.run.workspaceDir,
+    agentDir: params.run.agentDir,
+    config,
+    skillsSnapshot: params.run.skillsSnapshot,
+    ownerNumbers: params.run.ownerNumbers,
+    inputProvenance: params.run.inputProvenance,
+    senderIsOwner: params.run.senderIsOwner,
+    enforceFinalTag: resolveEnforceFinalTagWithResolver(
+      params.run,
+      params.provider,
+      params.model,
+      params.isReasoningTagProvider,
+    ),
+    silentExpected: params.run.silentExpected,
+    allowEmptyAssistantReplyAsSilent: params.run.allowEmptyAssistantReplyAsSilent,
+    provider: params.provider,
+    model: params.model,
+    ...params.authProfile,
+    thinkLevel: params.run.thinkLevel,
+    verboseLevel: params.run.verboseLevel,
+    reasoningLevel: params.run.reasoningLevel,
+    execOverrides: params.run.execOverrides,
+    bashElevated: params.run.bashElevated,
+    timeoutMs: params.run.timeoutMs,
+    runId: params.runId,
+    allowTransientCooldownProbe: params.allowTransientCooldownProbe,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-runtime-config.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-runtime-config.test.ts
index 056dab5d735..24a012e6801 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-runtime-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-runtime-config.test.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   clearRuntimeConfigSnapshot,
   setRuntimeConfigSnapshot,
-  type OpenClawConfig,
-} from "../../config/config.js";
-import {
-  buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams,
-  resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile,
-} from "./agent-runner-utils.js";
+} from "../../config/runtime-snapshot.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams } from "./agent-runner-run-params.js";
 import type { FollowupRun } from "./queue.js";
 
 function makeRun(config: OpenClawConfig): FollowupRun["run"] {
@@ -73,10 +70,7 @@ describe("buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams runtime config", () => {
       provider: "openai",
       model: "gpt-4.1-mini",
       runId: "run-1",
-      authProfile: resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile({
-        provider: "openai",
-        primaryProvider: "openai",
-      }),
+      authProfile: {},
     });
 
     expect(resolved.config).toBe(resolvedRunConfig);
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
index 089eab6f70a..ae32192899c 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride } from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { getChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/index.js";
 import type {
   ChannelId,
@@ -28,6 +27,12 @@ import {
   resolveRunAuthProfile,
 } from "./agent-runner-auth-profile.js";
 export { resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile, resolveRunAuthProfile };
+import {
+  buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams as buildEmbeddedRunBaseParamsCore,
+  resolveModelFallbackOptions,
+  resolveEnforceFinalTagWithResolver,
+} from "./agent-runner-run-params.js";
+export { resolveModelFallbackOptions } from "./agent-runner-run-params.js";
 import { resolveOriginMessageProvider, resolveOriginMessageTo } from "./origin-routing.js";
 import type { FollowupRun } from "./queue.js";
 
@@ -173,63 +178,15 @@ export const resolveEnforceFinalTag = (
   run: FollowupRun["run"],
   provider: string,
   model = run.model,
-) =>
-  (run.skipProviderRuntimeHints ? false : undefined) ??
-  (run.enforceFinalTag ||
-    isReasoningTagProvider(provider, {
-      config: run.config,
-      workspaceDir: run.workspaceDir,
-      modelId: model,
-    }));
+) => resolveEnforceFinalTagWithResolver(run, provider, model, isReasoningTagProvider);
 
-export function resolveModelFallbackOptions(run: FollowupRun["run"]) {
-  const config = run.config;
-  return {
-    cfg: config,
-    provider: run.provider,
-    model: run.model,
-    agentDir: run.agentDir,
-    fallbacksOverride: resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride({
-      cfg: config,
-      agentId: run.agentId,
-      sessionKey: run.sessionKey,
-    }),
-  };
-}
-
-export function buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams(params: {
-  run: FollowupRun["run"];
-  provider: string;
-  model: string;
-  runId: string;
-  authProfile: ReturnType<typeof resolveProviderScopedAuthProfile>;
-  allowTransientCooldownProbe?: boolean;
-}) {
-  const config = params.run.config;
-  return {
-    sessionFile: params.run.sessionFile,
-    workspaceDir: params.run.workspaceDir,
-    agentDir: params.run.agentDir,
-    config,
-    skillsSnapshot: params.run.skillsSnapshot,
-    ownerNumbers: params.run.ownerNumbers,
-    inputProvenance: params.run.inputProvenance,
-    senderIsOwner: params.run.senderIsOwner,
-    enforceFinalTag: resolveEnforceFinalTag(params.run, params.provider, params.model),
-    silentExpected: params.run.silentExpected,
-    allowEmptyAssistantReplyAsSilent: params.run.allowEmptyAssistantReplyAsSilent,
-    provider: params.provider,
-    model: params.model,
-    ...params.authProfile,
-    thinkLevel: params.run.thinkLevel,
-    verboseLevel: params.run.verboseLevel,
-    reasoningLevel: params.run.reasoningLevel,
-    execOverrides: params.run.execOverrides,
-    bashElevated: params.run.bashElevated,
-    timeoutMs: params.run.timeoutMs,
-    runId: params.runId,
-    allowTransientCooldownProbe: params.allowTransientCooldownProbe,
-  };
+export function buildEmbeddedRunBaseParams(
+  params: Parameters<typeof buildEmbeddedRunBaseParamsCore>[0],
+) {
+  return buildEmbeddedRunBaseParamsCore({
+    ...params,
+    isReasoningTagProvider,
+  });
 }
 
 export function buildEmbeddedContextFromTemplate(params: {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
index 77935e36f18..1b537aa1b7b 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/model-selection-directive.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-import { modelKey, normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/model-selection-normalize.js";
-import {
-  resolveModelRefFromString,
-  type ModelAliasIndex,
-} from "../../agents/model-selection-shared.js";
+import { splitTrailingAuthProfile } from "../../agents/model-ref-profile.js";
+import { normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/provider-id.js";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
 
+export type ModelAliasIndex = {
+  byAlias: Map<
+    string,
+    {
+      alias: string;
+      ref: { provider: string; model: string };
+    }
+  >;
+  byKey: Map<string, string[]>;
+};
+
 export type ModelDirectiveSelection = {
   provider: string;
   model: string;
@@ -24,6 +32,53 @@ const FUZZY_VARIANT_TOKENS = [
   "nano",
 ];
 
+function modelKey(provider: string, model: string): string {
+  const providerId = provider.trim();
+  const modelId = model.trim();
+  if (!providerId) {
+    return modelId;
+  }
+  if (!modelId) {
+    return providerId;
+  }
+  return normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(modelId).startsWith(
+    `${normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(providerId)}/`,
+  )
+    ? modelId
+    : `${providerId}/${modelId}`;
+}
+
+function resolveModelRefFromDirectiveString(params: {
+  raw: string;
+  defaultProvider: string;
+  aliasIndex: ModelAliasIndex;
+}): { ref: { provider: string; model: string }; alias?: string } | null {
+  const { model } = splitTrailingAuthProfile(params.raw);
+  if (!model) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (!model.includes("/")) {
+    const aliasKey = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(model);
+    const aliasMatch = params.aliasIndex.byAlias.get(aliasKey);
+    if (aliasMatch) {
+      return { ref: aliasMatch.ref, alias: aliasMatch.alias };
+    }
+  }
+  const trimmed = model.trim();
+  const slash = trimmed.indexOf("/");
+  const providerRaw = slash === -1 ? params.defaultProvider : trimmed.slice(0, slash).trim();
+  const modelRaw = slash === -1 ? trimmed : trimmed.slice(slash + 1).trim();
+  if (!providerRaw || !modelRaw) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    ref: {
+      provider: normalizeProviderId(providerRaw),
+      model: modelRaw,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 function boundedLevenshteinDistance(a: string, b: string, maxDistance: number): number | null {
   if (a === b) {
     return 0;
@@ -299,7 +354,7 @@ export function resolveModelDirectiveSelection(params: {
     return { selection: buildSelection(best.provider, best.model) };
   };
 
-  const resolved = resolveModelRefFromString({
+  const resolved = resolveModelRefFromDirectiveString({
     raw: rawTrimmed,
     defaultProvider,
     aliasIndex,